Suggested Recovery Reading List:

ADDICTION AND RECOVERY:

Addictive Thinking:  Understanding Self-Deception, 2nd Edition, by Abraham Twerski, MD.  Published by Hazelden Foundation, ISBN #13: 978-1-56838-138-1.

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition.  Published by Alcoholics Anonymous World Service Organization.

Twelve Steps—Twelve Traditions.  Published by Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, Inc. New York, NY.

The Journey Within:  A Spiritual Path to Recovery,  by Ruth Fishel, Health Communications, Deerfield Beach, Fl.

Recovery From Compulsive Behavior, by Lane Lasater, Health Communications, Deerfield Beach, Fl.

The Twelve Steps:  A Spiritual Journey,  Friends in Recovery, Recovery Publications, San Diego, CA.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Struggle for Intimacy,  by Janet Geringer Woititz, Ed.D..  Published by Health Communications Inc., ISBN # 0-932194-25-7.

Leaving the Enchanted Forest:  The Path From Relationship Addiction to Intimacy,  by Stephanie Covington and Liana Beckett, Harper and Row, New York, NY.

CO-DEPENDENCY:

The Language of Letting Go,  by Melody Beattie.  Published by Hazelden Foundation, ISBN # 0-89486-637-0.

Co-Dependent No More,  by Melody Beattie.  Published by Hazelden Foundation.

The Enabler, by Angelyn Miller.  Published by Ballantine Books, ISBN # 0-345-36848-7.

Codependency:  A Second Hand Life, by Stephanie Abbott.  Published by Hazelden, New York, NY.

HEALING YOUR TRAUMA:

Homecoming:  Reclaiming and Championing Your Inner Child,  by John Bradshaw.

Learning to Love Yourself,  by Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse.  Health Communications, Deerfield Beach, Fl.

Healing the Child Within, by Charles Whitfield.  Health Communications, Deerfield Beach, Fl.

Days of Healing, Days of Joy,  by Earnie Larson and Carol Hegarty.  Harper/Hazelden, New York, NY.

ADULT CHILDREN OF  ALCOHOLICS:

It Will Never Happen to Me,  by Claudia Black.  Ballantine Books, New York, NY.

The Adult Children of Alcoholics Syndrome, by Wayne Kritsberg.  Health Communications, Health Communications, Deerfield Beach, Fl.

Adult Children:  The Secrets of Dysfunctional Families,  by John Friel and Linda Friel.  Health Communications Inc., Deerfield Beach, Fl.

WEBSITES:

Hazelden Foundation Publications:  www.hazelden.org